Today in the MHSAA: 9/23/19
September 23, 2019
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
Today’s list of the weekend’s top achievers has a definite Grand Rapids-area tilt as teams from five schools from that part of the state emerged as invitational champions in either cross country, golf, volleyball or swimming & diving.
1. Cross Country: The East Grand Rapids girls – No. 1 Lower Peninsula Division 2 – honorable mention Tecumseh and Jackson Lumen Christi girls and LPD1 No. 4 Romeo, LPD3 No. 1 Hanover-Horton and Manchester boys all won championships at the Jackson Invitational – Athletic.net
2. Volleyball: Division 2 No. 5 Coopersville downed honorable mention Kingsley in two sets to win the Cadillac Tournament title – Traverse City Record-Eagle
3. Volleyball: Division 2 honorable mention Onsted improved to 24-0 with an undefeated run through its invitational, including sweeping Division 4 No. 9 Adrian Lenawee Christian in the final – Adrian Daily Telegram
4. Volleyball: Division 3 No. 5 Bronson also finished a perfect tourney run, taking the Portage Northern Invitational title by downing the host in that final – Coldwater Daily Reporter
5. Girls Swimming & Diving: LPD2 No. 10 Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central won the fastest wave of the Portage Central Invitational by a point over the host, ranked No. 5, and also ahead of No. 6 Midland Dow – Midland Daily News
6. Girls Golf: LPD2 top-ranked Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern shot a 297 to win the Greenville Invitational – Petoskey News-Review
7. Cross Country: The LPD2 No. 8 Sparta boys and No. 5 Cadillac girls won Muskegon Oakridge Invitational championships – Athletic.net
8. Cross Country: The LPD4 No. 8 Pittsford girls and LPD3 honorable mention Leslie boys won Pittsford’s invitational – Hillsdale Daily News
9. Volleyball: Stephenson downed Felch North Dickenson in the final to win the Crystal Falls Forest Park Invitational – Iron Mountain Daily News
10. Cross Country: Roscommon swept the big school championships at the Evart Invitational; the girls are ranked No. 13 in LPD3 – Big Rapids News
Today in the MHSAA: 9/14/23
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
September 14, 2023
1. BOYS TENNIS Midland Dow – top-ranked in Lower Peninsula Division 2 – earned shutouts of No. 7 Detroit U-D Jesuit and Flushing and a 6-2 win over No. 5 Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central – Midland Daily News
2. GIRLS GOLF Traverse City Central shot a 350 to win the Montague Invitational by 17 strokes – Traverse City Record-Eagle
3. BOYS SOCCER Division 1 No. 8 Dearborn Edsel Ford and Brownstown Woodhaven drew in the latest matchup of Downriver League favorites – Southgate News-Herald
4. BOYS SOCCER Grand Blanc remained undefeated with a 4-0 win over Division 3 No. 4 Flint Powers Catholic – WJRT
5. BOYS SOCCER The Detroit Catholic League Central lead belongs to Toledo St. John’s after its 2-1 win over reigning champion Detroit Catholic Central – Oakland Press
6. BOYS SOCCER Division 4 No. 2 Muskegon Western Michigan Christian edged Grand Haven 2-1 – Local Sports Journal
7. VOLLEYBALL Cadillac went to Traverse City West and returned with a four-set victory – Cadillac News
8. BOYS SOCCER Niles Brandywine maintained its Lakeland Conference lead with a 9-4 win over Dowagiac – Niles Daily Star
9. BOYS SOCCER Kolton Heidrich scored three goals in Grass Lake’s 4-1 win over Brooklyn Columbia Central – Jackson Citizen Patriot
10. VOLLEYBALL Petoskey also went on the road in Big North Conference play and earned a four-set win, at Alpena – Petoskey News-Review